Ezra 5:6-8

New King James Version

The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, ^(A)and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

To Darius the king:

All peace.

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the ^[a]temple of the great God, which is being built with ^[b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.